Tecnología e innovación en la empresa

En la década de los años noventa,el papel de la tecnología y la innovación en la competitividad empresarial alcanzó un reconocimiento generalizado,que vino acompañado de una doble preocupación:entender y profundizar el conocimiento de las características del proceso innovador y,en consecuencia,definir ...

Management information systems

managing information technology in the business enterprise

The new Sixth Edition is designed for business students who are or who will soon become business professionals in the fast changing business world of today. The goal of this text is to help business students learn how to use and manage information technologies to ...

Debating organization

point-counterpoint in organization studies

In this volume, major figures in the field of organization studies articulate opposing arguments in an innovative "point" and "counterpoint" structure. Leading exponents of different theories present their case in counterpoint to their adversaries, challenging readers to engage in the dialogue

Essentials of management

Essentials of Management makes the connection between theory and concepts to actual practice by showing how managers and organizations effectively apply the basic principles of management. The text takes a functional approach, first introducing the role of a manager and the modern managerial environment, before ...

Handbook on enterprise architecture

This Handbook is about methods, tools and examples of how to architect an enterprise through considering all life cycle aspects of Enterprise Entities (such as individual enterprises, enterprise networks, virtual enterprises, projects and other complex systems including a mixture of automated and human processes). The ...

The SMS blackwell handbook of organizational capabilities

emergence, developement, and change

How do the resources and capabilities of organizations emerge and develop over time? This handbook brings together scholars of strategic management, economics, history, organizational theory, international business, and technology management in order to address this question. Many of the contributions present new theoretical or empirical ...

Teoría de la organización

un enfoque estratégico

Está dividido en cuatro partes diferenciadas: Introducción, El contexto de las organizaciones, Gestión del contexto organizativo, y Procesos organizativos. La quinta y última parte, esta dedicada a casos prácticos, que en esta edición están adaptados a las empresas españolas. INDICE PARTE I. INTRODUCCIÓN. Capítulo 1 ...

Managing change and transition

Dealing with change and crisis is difficult in any business environment, let alone one as turbulent as managers face today. Managing change and transition offers comprehensive advice and tools for controlling stress levels and sharing information during transition. Packed with timely answers, this is an ...

Learning by design

building sustainable organizations

Learning is an essential process for attaining and maintaining sustainability at both the individual and business level. Establishing a learning organization requires a wholehearted and sustained endeavour. This text facilitates such an endeavour by providing both a coherent framework for analysis and practical models for ...

Making sense of organizational change

This text offers a way of understanding the processes of organizational change. Rather than being structured as a "how to" book, it provides the reader with practical insights and skills for managing (or resisting) organizational change. Its strength lies in three key areas. Firstly, and ...

Enterprise programme management

delivering value

Many large scale projects are delivered over schedule and over budget. Programme management is a new approach to maximize the likelihood of successful change management. While being based around a set of techniques this book describes an approach to programme management that outlines the skills ...

Reingeniería y cambio organizativo

teoría y práctica

En este libro se reflexiona sobre el concepto de reingenería y las diferencias y/o relaciones con otras herramientas de gestión de empresas según los aspectos organizativos de las misma. Una importante parte del mismo se centra en la implantación de la reingeniería; se presentan ...

De la empresa jurásica a la e-mpresa e-volucionada

un nuevo modelo organizacional nacido de Internet y la Gestión del Conocimiento

Es un libro que provoca una profunda reflexión gracias a numerosos casos de empresas que lo hacen atractivo tanto para directivos como para académicos. Los autores plantean una tesis evolutiva como metáfora de las organizaciones, desde una empresa jurásica adaptada a la era industrial hasta ...

Organization structure

cybernetic systems foundation

Organization Structure: Cybernetic Systems Foundation utilizes a cybernetic systems framework for the study of organizations using GST (General Systems Theory) and presents a comprehensive formal view of organizations assessing regulation, coordination and adaptation managements. The use of GST in this book is in sharp contrast ...

Managing complex mergers

real world lessons in implementing succesful cross-cultural mergers and acquisitions

Everybody knows that most mergers regularly fail to deliver the promised benefits, in fact many actually destroy value. This is especially so where there are complex clashes of corporate or national culture to take into account. And yet the potential prize of a successful operation ...

El cambio en las organizaciones

un modelo dinámico e integrador

Este libro es el resultado de la investigación realizada, a lo largo de cinco años (1995-1999), sobre el cambio en las organizaciones. El texto que se presenta está basado en la tesis doctoral del propio autor, defendida en octubre de 1999. A partir del original ...

Organizational change in 100 days

a fast forward guide

In an age of rapidly changing technology, shifting global opportunities, and activist shareholders, executives are expected to respond quickly. These executives are seeking tools that will allow them to keep a step ahead of changes in the business environment, because they are critically aware of ...

Handbook of organizational learning and knowledge management

A state-of-the-art, international handbook for a field of inquiry that is still emergent and yet occupies a central position in contemporary management and organization theory. Marjorie Lyles and Mark Easterby-Smith draw together analyses and critical commentary from the leading experts on organizational learning and knowledge ...

The Blackwell Handbook of principles of organizational behavior

This international handbook identifies and explains 29 management principles - that can be applied to all types of work situations. It is based on knowledge accumulated by numerous experts over many years of research and consulting. The chapters cover a wide range of topics including: selection ...

Construir equipos de trabajo en la era de la conexión